Ozzy Osbourne is “taking it one day at a time” amid new well being struggles, however he nonetheless hopes to carry out dwell once more at some point.
In a brand new interview with Rolling Stone UK, the 74-year-old metallic icon reveals {that a} tumor was found in one among his vertebrae throughout a fourth spinal surgical procedure. The operation was imply to restore damages from a 2019 fall that dislodged metallic rods from a process within the early 2000s.
“It’s really knocked me about,” Osbourne mentioned. “The second surgery went drastically wrong and virtually left me crippled. I thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a f—ing rod in my spine. They found a tumor in one of the vertebrae, so they had to dig all that out too. It’s pretty rough, man, and my balance is all f—ed up.”
Over the summer time, the rocker — who additionally has Parkinson’s illness — canceled his headlining set at October’s Power Trip competition in Indio, Calif., which might’ve discovered him performing alongside Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, AC/DC and Metallica, amongst others. He final took the stage in 2022 for temporary performances in Los Angeles and England.
Osbourne introduced his retirement from touring earlier this 12 months, however he hopes to take the dwell stage once more sometime regardless of his well being struggles.
“I’m taking it one day at a time, and if I can perform again, I will,” he tells Rolling Stone UK. “But it’s been like saying farewell to the best relationship of my life. At the start of my illness, when I stopped touring, I was really pissed off with myself, the doctors, and the world. But as time has gone on, I’ve just gone, ‘Well, maybe I’ve just got to accept that fact.’”
He added, “I’m not going to get up there and do a half-hearted Ozzy looking for sympathy. What’s the f—ing point in that? I’m not going up there in a f—ing wheelchair. I’ve seen Phil Collins perform recently, and he’s got virtually the same problems as me. He gets up there in a wheelchair! But I couldn’t do that.”
Osbourne, who mentioned in September that he’s engaged on a brand new album, notes {that a} last efficiency would give him an opportunity to say goodbye and specific his gratitude to followers.
“For whatever reason, that’s my goal to work to. To do those shows. If it’s at Ozzfest or somewhere, or even a f—ing gig at the Roundhouse,” he says. ““If I can’t continue doing shows on a regular basis, I just want to be well enough to do one show where I can say, ‘Hi guys, thanks so much for my life.’ That’s what I’m working towards, and if I drop down dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man.”
During the interview, Osbourne additionally touched on his relationship with the opposite members of Black Sabbath, together with bassist Geezer Butler.
“It’s sad, man. We all grew up together, and he can’t pick up the f—ing phone like a man and see how I’m doing,” mentioned rocker continued, who has acquired assist from Tony Iommi and former Sabbath drummer Bill Ward.
Butler took to social media to reply to Osbourne’s feedback after the interview was printed.
“I don’t want to engage in a tit for tat. Having made 2 attempts to wish Ozzy well, without a reply, I figured it best to privately keep him in my thoughts,” Butler wrote on Instagram.
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